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>Rekulk
"Apprentice Trader"
'77'
-88-
 
'And it was around that point that we started the karaoke.'
 
-When...does...this...ennnnnd?-
 
'Eventually...eventually.'
 
>HALLO!
 
'Gah!'
 
-...hello?-
 
"Hello."
 
>One-Eye, howfor do you do the things you do?
 
'Oh...hello Rekulk and...'
 
"Sebjek."
 
'Sebjek.'
 
>We come to give you many checkings, esteemed brother of Zhetri Tuuhl, we hear a great battle was fought!
 
"And won."
 
'Oh, yes, that happened.'
 
>And who is the other changeling?
 
'This is 88, my sister.'
 
>Gasp! If she is your sister, then by the transistor-
 
"Transitive."
 
>-transitive property, she is a sister of Zhetri Tuuhl as well! Hurrah!
 
"Hurrah!"
 
-...77? Where in Equestria is that accent from.-
 
'Er, well...you see...'
 
>Equestria? No no no, silly sister of Zhetri Tuuhl, Rekulk and Sebjek are Morlocks! Faithful servants of Zhetri Tuuhl!
 
-...-
 
'Uhm...'
 
"Sister of Zhetri Tuuhl has started trembling."
 
-Meep. -
 
'Sister...
 
-Meep. Meep. Meep! MEEP!-
 
>...we should go, yes?
 
"Yes."
 
'Yes!'
 
-MEEP!MEEP!MEEP!-
 
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>AJ
"Big Mac"
~~~
 
>...Ah know that look.
 
"..."
 
>Yer' thinkin' "AJ! Yer' gonna break the tree with all'a them Aliwhatshit powers!" Well, Ah'll have you know ah've got mah'self a dang fine grasp on these here legs, and Ah'm gonna prove it!
 
"..."
 
>Now don't you gimme that! Ah've had these things fer' months now! You best believe Ah'm on toppa all this, yes sir!
 
"..."
 
>Still givin' me the old cross look, eh? Well, AH'LL SHOW YOU! HNG!
 
*THUCK!*
 
"..."
>...
"..."
>...
"...Hurt when ya' put all that weight on yer' scorched hooves, didn't it?"
 
>Eeeeeeee...
 
"Figured."
 
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Nc/out of order, whatever.
>Spike
"SA"
'Poindexter'
[Chrysalis]
{Cadence}
~Celestia~
~~~
 
>...You can't be serious.
 
'PLEASE NO!'
 
"She wanted to join. How could I say no to that?"
 
-I pulled out a wibble face.-
 
"I'm a weak stallion, buddy. I take one look at at that face and I'll do anything."
 
-I promised to keep the dark stuff to a minimum, though! Feel like even I need a break from that...-
 
>Pft, like you know what chaos really is...
 
-What?-
 
'THANK CELESTIA!'
 
~You're welcome?~
 
'...Keep forgetting you're here...'
 
~Hurtful.~
 
'Didn't mean it like that!'
 
"Not that she needed to promise. As said, weak stallion, Twili's lips start wibbling and I'm done."
 
[Huh... clearly, I need to pretend to be her more often.]
 
-Don't you dare!... Wait, more often?-
 
[No comment.]
 
{Can we just start already?}
 
'Wow, what's got you anxious, Caddy? I-OW!'
 
 
 
~Considerate?~
 
[Shut it, Sunny V.]
 
{START ALREADY!}
 
>Fine, fiiine! Okay, the world around you is a dark, dank swamp, filled to the brim with-
 
[ROLL F-]
 
{ROLLFORADVANCEDSEDUCTIONBOOSTONSHINY!}
 
[...Uh...]
 
{TEN! Try to beat that, Chrysalis!}
 
[What? A ten? Oh yeah, real hard seeing as I have a plus five modifier.]
 
'...Did you guys just get a bad feeling about this?'
 
>No, but I do have a funny, warm feeling bubbling inside.
 
-Funny, mine is all cold... and frightened.-
 
[Well, what do you know? Fifteen before my modifier, looks like my seduction magic is just a biiiit-]
 
{I BLOW MY HORN OF THE ANCIENTS CALL!}
 
>Ooooh, that's gonna triple any spells she cast for the next turn.
 
[You dumbass! That thing took forever to get, and you can only use it once!]
 
{TOO LATE!}
 
[...Fine, I'll just use my succubi's third eye ability. This allows me to re-roll and add onto whatever I rolled the first time, and-oooooh, would you look at that, another fifteen, which means with my modifier-]
 
{I USE MY AMULET OF THE KELPIE'S TEARS!!}
 
'WAIT WHAT!?'
 
-WAIT, WHAT!?-
 
~Wait... what? What does that do? Missed that.~
 
{The amulet lets me nullify any one ability of ANY creature, player or object on the map! AND I PICK YOUR THIRD EYE!}
 
~So... wait, you had an amulet that could have disabled any trap, taken off a monster's annoying ability, or even used it to essentially take down one of those broken boss battles, and you used it on-~
 
[Fine! Then I'll just use my love-store boost from the LAST time I rode him like a dragon, and add on another TWENTY points to whatever I rolled before-]
 
{I HOLD UP THE DOOMSDAY BOOK!}
 
>..
".."
'..'
[..]
~...~
-...Did... did she just say...-
 
{That's right, if you use those love stores, or another stupid item, or some kind of crazy exploit, I WILL USE THIS!}
 
[Uh...]
 
{I don't know a single bit of funny business about this game, but you know what I do understand? DOOMSDAY! I KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS!}
 
[See this? This is why I said 'Don't give the vital key item our whole quest is centered around to Cadence'. I said that, you remember that right?]
 
'She was the only one out of danger...'
 
-Okay, so, Cadence? You do realize you will kill literally everyone if you open that book. I'm the TPK one here, and even I think eternally damning everyone to this games version of the underworld is a bit-
 
{HISSSSS}
 
-Stopping now.-
 
{NOW! You are going to call off your ability, you are going to put down whateeeeeeever item you just picked up, or thought up, or stored, or whatever, and you are going to BACK OFF OR I WILL KILL US ALL! ALL OF US! I'LL KILL YOU! AND YOU! AND YOU! AND YOU! AND ESPECIALLY YOOOOOOU!}
 
'...Why especially me? What did I do?'
 
[You're Poindexter, what other reason does she need?]
 
'Ouch...'
 
{DROP THIS RIGHT NOW, OR EVERYONE DIES!}
 
[...Alight, if this is so important. I cancel my attack. Which means yours goes through, and you can do annnnyyything you want to Shiny right now.]
 
{GOOD! NOW! SHINY!}
 
"Yes ma'am!"
 
{I AM GOING TO SNUGGLE YOUR PIECE!}
 
[Yes! This I have GOT to see!]
 
"...Please tell me that is a euphemism because I am- nope. She literally meant that. You sure you don't want to get some euphemism up in here? Because she does it all the time, I have no qualms with- just gonna keep snuggling, okay..."
 
{mrpmhmpm...}
 
"Love you too. You know you can hug the real one if you wan- nope? Okay, piece is all yours...still love you.."
 
[WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THIS!?]
 
'...Uh, Cadence? Shouldn't you be snuggling it with your piece, not holding it to your cheek and-'
 
~Shhhhh... let her have this...~
 
>...
"..."
'..."
[...bullshit...]
~...~
-...Caddy? You okay?-
 
{...Yeah... yeah I think I'm good. Think I'll end my turn.}
 
-Cool, cool...-
 
[...And NOW I cast seduction on Shiny.]
 
"OH COME ON!"
 
{RRRRAGGGH!}
 
*CRASH!*
 
[Caddy control yourself, I haven't even gotten to the hot part yet!]
 
{RARGARBLE!}
 
-...So, I never play with you guys, is it always like this?-
 
'Mostly, yeah. Shiny normally get screwed seven ways on multiple surfaces before this, though.'
 
-Ewewewew.-
 
[Come on, you got to snuggle him, now some part of MY character gets to! A special part!]
 
{GRAAAGH!}
 
"Are you deliberately antagonizing her? Really?"
 
[Yes.]
 
"Why? Oh dear Celestia why?"
 
~Do you guys really just use my name like that? Stop that, it makes me feel weird.~
 
[Why, dear Shiny?... I actually have no idea, I'm just rolling with this.]
 
{GFLACKLH!}
 
-...So, we're just not going to...-
 
>Twilight? Shush. Shush... and bath in REAL chaos...
 
-...It's kind of intoxicating...-
 
>That it is, Twi. That... it... is...
 
{RAGLRABLERABLE!}
 
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>AJ
"AB"
~~
 
"Hey, Applejack? Got a question."
 
>Er... ya'll should probably ask Granny.'
 
"She can't help here."
 
>Well then, Ah' guess Big Mac would-
 
"Ain't no help from him neither."
 
>Well... dang. Okay, what do ya' need?
 
"...Why didn't ya' never take me flyin' with ya'?"
 
>Oh!... Oh, cause Ah' ain't that great with it, really. Ah' can hover okay, but landin' is a problem...
 
"...Can we do it now?"
 
>Ah' just said...
 
"..."
 
>...Fine, but no cryin' iffin' we land too hard!
 
"YAAYYYYYY!"
 
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>AJ
"Granny"
~~~~
 
>...Hrm. Ya' know, Ah' never really tried usin' mah' magic ta' make things grow a'fore. Ah' wonder what'll happen if Ah'-
 
*CLANK!*
 
>OW! GREAT APPLES IN THE SKY, OW! What in tarnation!?
 
"Don't think Ah' didn't see that!"
 
>GRANNY!
 
"Ah' saw yoooouuu, you were tryin' ta' use that there funnymagic on mah' apple seeds! NO MA'AM! We ain't havin' no fancy shmanshy magic on our crops, we grow 'em with time care and love, just like we're supposed to!"
 
>Granny Ah' was just testin'-
 
*CLANK!*
 
>OW!
 
"Girl Ah' will get mah good fryin' pan!"
 
>YER ALREADY HITTIN' ME WITH A FRYIN' PAN!
 
"You backsassin' me!? Ohhh, now you done it!"
 
>Granny! Ah'm not... granny? Where ya' goin'? Why are you... oh no. No! GRANNY NO!
 
"Ain't so sassy now, are ya'!?
 
>WHY DOES IT HAVE A CLUB ON THE END OF IT!?
 
"Fer' cookin'."
 
>...What-
 
*WHA-CLUMP!*
 
"Now, ya'll best have learned yer'-"
 
*THUMP!*
 
"...Whoops. Put a little too much pepper on that pie..."
 
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 >AJ
"Braeburn"
~~~
 
"Hey, cuz? Got a question."
 
>OH HELL IT'S SPREADIN'!
 
"...what?"
 
>Nothin', nothin... go on?
 
"Okay, remember that whole business with the buffalo?"
 
>Kinda hard ta' forget.
 
"It's just... those trees took a while ta' plant, right? And we had time ta' setup houses, and even build a gal-danged railroad, right?"
 
>Right?
 
"So... what took them buffalo so long ta' notice we were doin' all this on what is apparently super important land to them?"
 
>...
 
"..."
 
>...That... that's a good question...
 
"..."
 
>...
 
"...Ya' went crosseyed, Ah' noticed."
 
>Yep. Ah did that...
 
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NC
~~~~~
 
-SCREW THIS! MEEPMEEP!-
 
*ZOOM!*
 
'SISTER WAIT NO-'
 
*WHAM!*
 
'...'
 
-WHO PUT THIS WALL HERE!?-
 
>Much sorries, sister of Zhetri Thul! Rekulk did not paint the tunnel fast enough...
 
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 >AJ
"MM"
~~~
 
"Applejack! What a delight to see you down here!"
 
>...Mayor Mare. How ya' doin'?
 
"Oh, you know, was chased by a horde of evil monsters, hid inside a hut with my zebra and changeling friends, waited for you to fix it, and now have to deal with the nightmares! You know how it is."
 
>Right...
 
"But hey! Since you're here, had a question, see if you could answer this for me.'
 
>...Gal dang it.
 
"Oh, I agree. Anyway, question... where are my guards!?"
 
>Er-
 
"No! I asked for them this time! I asked for them a while ago! I learned, Applejack! I learned after the crazy dragon with the gun shot up my office!"
 
>WHAT!?
 
"I made the requests! I did! But do I get my guards to deal with the constant influx of monsters!? NOOOOO! I don't!"
 
>Look, Ah'...
 
"Yes? You what?"
 
>...This was easier on the other end...
 
"Come on! I know we're a small town, but SOMETHING!? The zombies were bad, yeah, but don't forget a GIANT STAR BEAR rampaged through this place not too long ago! I put in the request! I asked! We pay our taxes, so come on! Do your end of this whole agreement!"
 
>...Yer' enjoyin' the fact yer' on this end fer' once, ain't ya'?
 
"I will only admit to a little bit."
 
>Yeah... Ah' liked it over there too... but fine, Ah'll send a note fer' Celly ta' send some guards down here when they ain't busy cleanin' up the mess that mushroom made. We got plenty, even if they're useless, it shouldn't be a problem.
 
"THANK YOU!"
 
>...
 
"....I am sorry for yelling, and please do not sick your dragon on me again..."
 
>Ah' won't.
 
"Good... good..."
 
>...
 
"...Love what you did with your hair-"
 
>LEAVE!
 
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>AJ
"Zecora"
~~~
 
"Applejack, is that you? Oh my, my sight is true! You came down to this place again once more... but from the looks of things, your hooves must be most sore."
 
>Yeah, kinda got charred up comin' in the upper atmosphere.
 
"Well it is a delight to see you again! Normally I would never see you, cept behind a pen."
 
>Yeah... kind of took over my life. You just wanted to say hello?
 
"I'm afraid there is more than that for this session. You see, Applejack, I had a question..."
 
>...Rassafrassa...
 
"I have been here for a long time, but to my presence many remain fools. Tell me, do they even talk about my kind in schools?"
 
>Well, ya' know, curriculum is kind of packed as it is...
 
"..."
 
>And, Ah' mean, there's just so much other history to try ta' cram in...
 
"..."
 
>And of course there's a BUNCH of species we don't talk 'bout, not just you, it ain't, ya' know...
 
"..."
 
>...
 
"...You know nothing of anything about my culture, but in your ignorance you would rather bask. Because, just taking a guess, I suppose it would be embarrassing to ask?"
 
>...Yeah.
 
"..."
 
>...Ah'll... Ah'll write a note fer' Twilight ta' start researchin' it ta' make a class fer' Cheerilee.
 
"..."
 
>...could probably just ask you, actually, couldn't they?
 
"That they could. Question is whether they would."
 
>...
 
"..."
 
>...Ah'll write a note to Cheerilee.
 
"You do that."
 
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>Pommel
"Daw"
 
"So this is Canterlot..."
 
>Mhm.
 
The two look upon the city from the train station, one scrutinizing the other relaxed.
 
"...gaudier than I thought it'd be."
 
>...seriously? That's what you think when you look at this?
 
"Lad we've seen the wonders of the world, dozens of cities, and met a fair share of horrors and beauties beyond words. What's this place got what they didn't?"
 
>Hayburgers.
 
"...point. Ain't it a bit dangerous building a city literally on the side of a mountain?"
 
>As opposed to the city on the back of an aquatic monstrosity, the city that was suspended over the world's largest quicksand pit, and the city made from the bones of...whatever that thing was.
 
"Started with a G I think, but again, point...so! How we playing this? You don't get a lot of opportunities to come back from the dead."
 
>Well I don't see a dragon around to fight and crash land at the gates of the city shouting 'Best in the world' so I think the bombastic approach is out.
 
"Eh, you're not the type."
 
Pommel sighs and begins to walk towards the city, his scarred body getting a few looks from passersby as he does. Daw follows behind, a cavalier smile on her face.
 
"Play it by ear it is then."
 
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NC, out of order, who even cares.
>SA
"Chrysalis"
'Cadence'
[18]
{42}
~Celestia~
^2^
-Guards-
~~~
 
>Huh.
 
"Not huh, I wanted brown sugar on this."
 
'We're out. Again. Because you keep putting it on everything.'
 
"It's good!"
 
'You put it on MORE SUGAR.'
 
"What's your point?"
 
[Do you all mind? I'm trying to concentrate.]
 
"How much concentration do you need for waffles?"
 
^Not-Mom hush! She's gotta do it just right, or the marchmalleys ain't gonna melt right and they'll burn!^
 
[See that? She knows what's up. Learn from the child.]
 
~You are a cruel, cruel mistress, 18. I come over here to be free of my temptations of my cake, and yet I come to find this is just as abhorrently unhealthy. I'm gaining weight just looking at that.~
 
{Princess? To be fair, of the seven at the table, three are a species that survives off love and gets no sustenance from food itself, and three are immortal superbeings who's magic could probably sustain them regardless of healthy eating or lack thereof.}
 
>...
 
{...Shining, you should put some vegetables on there.}
 
>I have my jam, it'll work.
 
{That's frighteningly high in sugar-}
 
>LET ME HAVE THIS!
 
[Okay, Two? I appreciate the thought, but literally hovering over my shoulder is not helping.]
 
^HOLY HOLES IN THE HOLES, 18!^
 
[WHAT!?]
 
^.......I can fly........^
 
[...]
 
"Good job, Two."
 
^YAY!^
 
"See that? You just gotta roll with it."
 
[Noted.]
 
>Though, seriously, 18? These right here? They're DELICIOUS.
 
'Way better than anything I could make...'
 
"Huh. They're actually not terrible! Apparently making you an agent was a bad choice, should've made you a chef!"
 
{Majesty, we didn't eat food before this.}
 
[42? Thanks, but that is as close as I am ever getting to a compliment from her.]
 
~Well, you'll get better ones from me, I wish I had made you my chef.~
 
[See that? That's why I like Celestia more than you.]
 
"Hurtful."
 
[At this point, it really shouldn't be-]
 
~NO!~
 
[...]
 
~CADENCE!~
 
'I... I was just getting some pepper...'
 
>Uh, honey, you shouldn't-
 
'NO! ABSOLUTELY NO! I cannot cook to save my life, I cannot so much as make toast without setting the roof on fire, I cannot even pour cereal without it coming alive and trying to kill us all, but in the name of all that is good and loving in this world, Shining Armor, I can POUR PEPPER ON MY EGGS!'
 
>Cadence-
 
'I AM DOING THIS AND THERE IS NOT A THING ANY OF YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME!'
 
>....
"..."
[...]
{...}
~...~
^...^
 
'..............So, this was the flour, and I have just poured the entirety of it on my eggs..........'
 
[Yeah, that was, and it did.]
 
'................'
 
>Honey? Love of my life? You okay?
 
*WHUNK!*
 
>...She's probably gonna be okay.
 
~Oh, don't be like that Cadence, we all make mistakes like that. But what's important is to learn from them, so you do not make them again. I think you learned a valuable lesson about listening today.~
 
"...Do you ever turn that off?"
 
~No, no I do not.~
 
"Well, don't do it to me."
 
~Trust me, I know a lost cause when I see one.~
 
"Mirror's have got to be a real pain for you then."
 
~...ha ha.~
 
^....18? Yer burnin' the waffles.^
 
[Huh? OH CRAP! Crap crap crap]
 
'Let me help!'
 
[NO WAI-
 
~~~~~~~
 
^MY WAFFLES! NOOOOOOO!^
 
"No, yeah, wasn't black enough already."
 
{Majesty, it was an accident.}
 
~I don't know what you're all complaining about, I deal with way worse fires every other week.~
 
[Guards? Are you going to...]
 
-..................-
 
'IT WASN'T ME THIS TIME I SWEAR!... It wasn't ALL me this time!'
 
-....................-
 
>Just put out the kitchen before it melts the walls and call the decorator. There's a premade envelope on the desk with the money already inside, he knows what to do.
 
-..................-
 
>...I learn quickly....
 
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 >Aj
"Carrot top"
~~~~
 
"GAH!"
 
>...Mah hair ain't that bad.
 
"APPLEJACK! YOU HAVE HORNS AND WINGS!"
 
>...Wow, ya' just noticed?
 
"You're saying that like I'm supposed to know!? You haven't been down here for months, and it turns out you're a freaking princess now!?"
 
>...Huh. Guess Ah' haven't really been down here.... was that it?
 
"Uh... not sure if I can ask now, don't want to get thrown in the dungeon here."
 
>Ah'm not the sort, come on... but don't let that stop ya' from-
 
"Well, I DID have a question."
 
>Dang it.
 
"It's just... you have a carrot field."
 
>...Wow, great observation. That it? No, really, Ah'm impressed, everyone else forgets it.
 
"I'm just saying, we only ever see you sell your apples. And eat your apples. And do apple related things. We never see you with anything non-apple centric."
 
>It's mah' gad danged name.
 
"I'm just saying, what do you do with the carrots?"
 
>Ain't it obvious, Ah'...
 
"..."
 
>...Ah' mean, Ah'...
 
"..."
 
>...Ah' need 'em fer'...
 
"..."
 
>...Why the heck do Ah' have a carrot patch!?
 
"Are... are you asking me-"
 
>Ah've been doin' this fer' years, why ain't nobody brought this up!? THIS MAKES NO SENSE!
 
"...I'm gonna go now."
 
>WHYYYY!?
 
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>AJ
"Lyra"
~~
 
"Princess! Hi!... Are you busy?"
 
>Ah'm on a farm, by default Ah'm busy.
 
"Right, well, can you answer something for me?"
 
>...How do ya'll keep findin' me...
 
"It's nothing big, it was just about... the sheep."
 
>Ah.
 
"It's just, they can talk, they can think, obviously, soooo... why do you keep rustling them like they weren't-"
 
>LOOK! OVER THERE! IT'S A GIANT FOAM FINGER!
 
"...And? I mean, that sounds kind of interesting, but not so much I would drop everything like some kind of addict- HEY!"
 
>SORRY GOTTA RUN YOU KNOW HOW IT IS!
 
"...Well, that's not unsettling..."
 
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 >AJ
"Bonbon
~~
 
"Princess Applejack! Hi! How are yoooou?"
 
>Sweetie Drops. Hi.
 
"...Holy shit someone remembers my actual name."
 
>What?
 
"NOTHING! I was just kind of wondering-"
 
>Please stop. Iffin' ya' have any mercy, you'll stop.
 
"I don't. Anywho, I was just wondering, how does this whole cutie mark thing work out in an area with multiple of the same?"
 
>Ya' mean multiple of the same job, or multiple of the same you?
 
"The former, though we should probably address the latter eventually... anyway, I was just wondering how that is supposed to work."
 
>Ah' don't get what yer' sayin'.
 
"I mean, my talent is making candy, right?"
 
>...Is it? Ah've never seen you make candy... you were pullin' a garbage wagon the other day.
 
"THAT'S THE PROBLEM! I can't do my special talent because there's already a candymaker! Do you see this!? This entire infrastructure games the system against those with the family history, and completely screws over those coming into a talent that is new to their family line!"
 
>Er...
 
"What's a mare supposed to do when faced with the fact her home is completely monopolized by a family who has more built in infrastructure and a complete lack of available space for competing businesses! This is totally one sided, and the fact it's also gaming against non-external-magical ponies like we earth ponies is just another hurdle on an already impassable mountain! THIS WHOLE SYSTEM BASED ON MAGICAL TATTOOS IS BROKEN!"
 
>...
 
"..."
 
>...So, what'dya want me to do about it?
 
"Princess stuff?"
 
>Meaning?
 
"Meaning... uh, like, make it more fair?"
 
>How?
 
"I... was kind of hoping you had the answer to that."
 
>Well, iffin' Ah' figure it out, Ah'll get right on that.
 
"Thanks?"
 
>What Ah'm here for, Ah' guess?
 
"..."
 
>...
 
"A-hem, thank you for seeing me... I like your haircut."
 
>Right, sure...So is this why yer' mad all the time?
 
"...It's one of them, sure."
 
>...
 
"...FUCK THE SYSTEM!"
 
*FLEES!*
 
>...Ah'm gonna build a balcony, just so Ah' can jump off it.
 
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 >AJ
"Rumble"
~~~~
 
"Hey! Princess Applejack! Wow, I didn't know you were coming down here!"
 
>Oh, hey... you?
 
"...It's Rumble."
 
>...
 
"Thunderlane's little brother?"
 
>...
 
"...I had some explainy lines during that whole business with the tornado."
 
>...Right.
 
"Anyway, besides that, I just had a question."
 
>Really? Even little colt's are after this now? We're goin' this low?
 
"What?... Anyway, I was just wondering, do Pegasi have to pay for clouds?"
 
>...What? No, why the heck would they need to pay for clouds?
 
"Really? Not even, like, taxes?"
 
>No!
 
"Oh... huh."
 
>Why is that a 'huh'?
 
"It just seems unfair. We get to build big huge mansions and stuff out of clouds, but you guys have to actually pay for wood and rocks and stuff to build your places."
 
>That-... huh... that's... actually a good point...
 
"Do they at least have to pay property tax?"
 
>Erm... no? Ah' don't think so, cause they're in the air.
 
"Oh... but they're over places that they would have to pay for if they lived there on the ground."
 
>...huh...
 
"I mean, I'm fine with it, cause Pegasus, but I just thought I'd ask."
 
>.......Huh.......
 
"Whelp, that's all I wanted to know. Bye princess! Thanks for talking with me!"
 
>.........WE'VE BEEN GETTIN' SHNOOKERED FER YEARS!
 
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